HISB93H3 Professor Dowler Summer 2010 Lecture Note

OCT 29
N The time of troubles ended with the expulsion of Poles out of Russia
N Jan 1613, a council of the land named Zemskii Sobor (non-J4;9L389L9:9L438L3ZKL.K
boyars, service gentry, Cossacks and a few independent peasants met in Moscow to name a
new Tsar
N They excluded all foreign candidates (Sigusmand and his son) and they looked for a Russian
candidate
N They settled on Michael Romanov (16 year old son of Filaret)
N Michael was a compromise candidate but he appealed to a wide population as the Romanov
were popular amongst service gentry, common people, Cossacks and other military people
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many times. There was even a song about Nikitev
N Michael was acceptable to the boyars because he was young, unhealthy and unclever
N His father was in a Polish prison so he was out of the way
N The boyars felt that they would be able to manage him easily
N Therefore, they did not put any constitutional limits to his power
N Another why Michael was acceptable was because he was the cousin of the last Tsar Fedor.
N His legitimacy rested on that relationship
N The new Romanov dynasty was established with absolute power
N Over the years, it developed those powers and retained them until 1905
N The 17 century saw the establishment of the institutions of an absolute state.
N Like most European thuntries, Russia was part of the age of absolutism
N France, Louis the 14 was the sole ruler
N The exception was England where there was a battle until a compromise was reached
between the crown and parliament
N There is a close relationship between pursuing foreign policy goals and domestic traditions
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N The 17 century was a time of warfare for Russia. 1632-1634, war with Poland. 1654-67 was
with Poles and Swedes. End of century, Turks and Swedes again.
N It was a radical change for the way of war too. They changed from cavalry army into an
infantry army that was able to match their European enemies.
N These changes were very costly and this led to the broadening of tax
N If more taxes ath collected, a larger administration is needed
N Beginning of 17 century, not much had changed from Ivan the Terrible
N This new government was very conservative
N The members of the government were committed the compromise of Michael
N Period of consensus in government so no innovation
N This government wanted to put Russia back to the period before time of troubles socially
N Filaret is released in 1619
N He returns to Moscow, and he is named patriarch of the Church
N The patriarch is given almost equal power of the Tsar. For example, he received foreign
ambassadors
N Filaret was the real leader of the government until he died in 1633
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